Hippolyte inermis Grass shrimp, Great seagrass shrimp

Hippolyte inermis is commonly referred to as Grass shrimp, Great seagrass shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

8728 

AphiaID:

107511 

Scientific:

Hippolyte inermis 

German:

Seegrasgarnele 

English:

Grass Shrimp, Great Seagrass Shrimp 

Category:

Crevettes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Hippolytidae (Family) > Hippolyte (Genus) > inermis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Leach, 1816 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, the Black Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Portugal, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 33 Meter 

Habitats:

Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.79" - 1.65" (2cm - 4.2cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Bryozoans (sea mats), Foraminifers 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hippolyte acuta
• Hippolyte californiensis
• 
  Hippolyte clarki
  Clarks Kelp Garnele, Seegras Garnele
• Hippolyte coerulescens
• Hippolyte edmondsoni
• Hippolyte nicholsoni
• 
  Hippolyte obliquimanus
  Garnele
• Hippolyte pleuracanthus
• 
  Hippolyte varians
  Farbwechselnde Garnele, Chamaeleon Garnele, Variable Seegras Garnele
• 
  Hippolyte ventricosa
  Partnergarnele
• Hippolyte zostericola
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Hippolyte australiensis
  Südliche Seegrasgarnele, Südliche Krautgarnele
• 
  Hippolyte catagrapha
  Haarstern-Partnergarnel, Federstern-Garnele
• 
  Hippolyte commensalis
  Xenia Partnergarnele
• 
  Hippolyte dossena
  Weichkorallen-Garnele
• 
  Hippolyte inermis
  Seegrasgarnele
• 
  Hippolyte prideauxiana
  Haarstern-Garnele, Federstern-Partnergarnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-09-05 21:27:02 

Last edit:

2025-09-21 21:08:13 

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